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BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18,1906.

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HENRY M. GOD$EY, OF OLEBURNE, TEXAS.

BEARING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. GoDsEY, a resident of Oleburne, in the county of Johnson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bearings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to liquid step-bearings, and its object is to provide, in elevating and other mechanism, a base or part containing a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and eo-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the invention and which forms a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the improvement comprising a liquid step-bearing; Fig. 2 is a like view of a modification.

Referring to Fig. 1, reference letter A indicates a 1101- low rotary shaft and B a hollow base, these parts having screw threaded connection as shown.

11 denotes a lever or handle for rotating the shaft and stands for any convenient means for turning said shaft.

G denotes a post loosely held in the shaft A, made hollow for the purpose.

0 denotes a cup packing and D a liquid, preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 18,1906. fierial No. 322,282.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

ing post G which does not rotate. In this form the liquid is between the post and the base through the medium of the hollow adjustable shaft.

As shown in Fig. 2 the shaft A rests on liquid D contained immediately in the base B, and has a screw threaded connection with the load-sustaining post G. In this form the shaft is rotated to elevate the post G4 Obviously the particular form of packing illustrated is not essential, nor the illustrated situation of the inlet E.

The improvement comprises four material parts, namely, a hollow base, a part or member situated with in said base and rotatable to raise or lower a load, a part Within said rotatable part to sustain the load, and means for rotating said rotatable part, one of said parts having a chamber adapted to hold a fixed quantity of liquid to support the load either immediately as illustrated in Fig. 1, or by the medium of the rotating member as shown in Fig. 2, said chamber being situated immediately between said rotatable and non rotatable members.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is,

1. In a device of the character described, a base, a part or member rotatable in said base, a load-sustaining part within said rotatable member, one of said parts or members having a chamber adapted to hold a fixed quantity of liquid to support the load.

2. In a device of the character described, a base, a part or member rotatable in said base, a load-sustaining part within said rotatable member, and means. to rotate said member, one of said parts or members having a chamber adapted to hold a fixed quantity of liquid to support the load, said chamber being situated immediately between said rotatable and non1'otatable members.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence oifitwo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY M. GODSEY.

Witnesses:

A. S. Bmaoson, WM. Ancnna. 

